A compound of low + bush
Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- ‘to lie’
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Proto-Germanic *ligjaną ‘to lie’
Proto-Germanic *lēgaz ‘low’
Old Norse lágr
Middle English lāh
English low
Proto-Germanic *buskaz ‘bush’
Proto-West Germanic *busk ‘bush’
Old English *busċ
Middle English bush ‘bush’
English bush
Today it means
adj Being, or coming from, a bush of low stature (used in names of certain fruits, such as lowbush blueberry and lowbush cranberry).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lowbush
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